In Moscow, human rights activist and lawyer Klim Likhachev was detained at public hearings. about this He writes on his Facebook page. According to him, he came to the public hearings, which discussed the construction of the Klenovy Bulvar interchange hub in the Nagatinsky backwater area. At the hearing, Likhachev noticed the registration of extras and asked the police to stop it. Instead, the police detained him and took him to the Nagatinsky Zaton police department.

The Chudovsky District Court of the Novgorod Region fined a local resident, Yuri Kartyzhev, 30,000 rubles for a post on VKontakte. He was found guilty of distributing information on the Internet that offended the authorities (part 3 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This was reported on the website of the court. The Meduza publication found a video recording of the court session, which was published by Kartyzhev.

In Moscow, near the building of the University of the Higher School of Economics on Shabolovka Street, employees of the Center "E" detained the coordinator of the "Decommunization" project Dmitry Enteo and a member of the initiative group Daniil Kornilov. This was reported to OVD-Info by project coordinator Olga Savchenko. Activists collected signatures for the dismantling of the monument to Dzerzhinsky, which was installed on the territory of the Higher School of Economics.

In Petrozavodsk, on April 22, a court found not guilty Andrey Litvin and Vladimir Malegin, participants in a rally in memory of Boris Nemtsov. This is reported by "7 × 7". The court considered that the evidence provided by the police was not enough to find the activists guilty of holding an event without filing a notification (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

On the night of April 20 to 21 in Tula, the unknown threw four “Molotov cocktails” at the house of Civil activist Marina Tolkacheva. This was told by the PROS-Secretary of the regional branch of the party, Vera Serebrovskaya, about this. The arson occurred at four in the morning, at that moment everyone was sleeping in the house. The private house in which Tolkacheva lives is finished with flammable plastic panels. Residents were awakened by a barking dog.

On April 22, the Tagansky District Court of Moscow declared illegal the refusal to approve a picket near the Iranian embassy. Amnesty International activists filed a lawsuit against the prefecture of the Central Administrative District of Moscow. This was reported on the website of the organization. Activists wanted to hold a picket in support of Iranian human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh, who was sentenced in her homeland to 38 years in prison and 148 lashes.

In the Arkhangelsk region, police demand to remove the tents of environmental activists who are on duty near the garbage landfill under construction in Shiyes. The employees promised to call a detachment at 14 o'clock if the tents remained in place. This was reported to OVD-Info by Sergey Yakimov. According to him, the tents are on the site of the forest fund.

On April 19, new searches took place in the homes of followers of Jehovah's Witnesses in three regions of Russia. Security forces detained five people, one was placed in a pre-trial detention center, and the second had his detention extended by 72 hours. This was reported on the official website of the religious organization. Novosibirsk region In Novosibirsk, searches took place in six houses.

In Moscow, Galina Umyarov was detained during a single picket near the building of the Prosecutor General. She herself informed the ATS-Info about this. The woman claims that a few years ago her son was abducted by "black realtors." Now she holds single pickets from different departments and requires the initiation of a criminal case. Photo: Galina Posmyarova poster / photo was provided by Sergey Frolov Umyarov was taken to the police department in the Tver district.

Pervomaiskaya Demonstration, 2016 / Photo: Alexey Dushutin In different cities of Russia, the authorities refuse to participate in the coordination of shares as of May 1 - Pervomaev and “Monstrations”. Either they do not allow to conduct it at all, or they drive from the center. The reasons are strict legislative restrictions, an unknown other event or even a terrorist threat. Kirov In Kirov, the authorities refused to coordinate the procession of the democratic column.